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LT SPICE import on Eagle for Mac?

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I discovered today that Eagle has been able to import LT SPICE files since v6.4.

Is this feature available on the Mac version of Eagle as well?

I'm not seeing the LT SPICE icon on the toolbar next to the DesignLink icon - I'm using paid version v6.5.

Thanks

- J

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    Hi J,

     

    Unfortunately, at this point in time the ULP has not been updated to

    handle the typical locations users store LTSpice on a Mac, so for the

    time being the ulp is not included in the Mac distribution.

     

    After V7 is released we will be correcting this.

     

    hth,

    Jorge Garcia

     

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    Hi Jorge,

     

    After V7 is released we will be correcting this.

     

    It's now well after the V7 release and still no sign of LTSpice integration

    in v7.4.0. Are there any plans to get this feature into the Mac version of

    Eagle in a subsequent 7.x release?

     

    I appreciate you probably have a bunch of things you are all working on so

    have to prioritise but this should be quite quick to get fixed surely?

     

    Many thanks,

     

    Rachael

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  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    It's now well after the V7 release and still no sign of LTSpice integration

    in v7.4.0. Are there any plans to get this feature into the Mac version of

    Eagle in a subsequent 7.x release?

     

    Hi Rachael,

     

    This is very true. Right now we are all super tied up, and I think this

    is going to happen once one of us(read me) can dedicate some serious

    time to it.

     

    I appreciate you probably have a bunch of things you are all working on so

    have to prioritise but this should be quite quick to get fixed surely?

     

    It's actually not very quick. My thoughts on getting this resolved would

    involve having the ULP check what OS it's working under and then adjust

    paths for the OS. Additionally, I would like to implement some

    functionality to allow the end user to define the paths manually instead

    of relying on the fragile nature of hard coded paths.

     

    There are also scripts that need to be adapted for this to work. I

    haven't looked into this too much but I expect this part would go smoothly.

     

    The end game would be to put one concerted effort into getting LTSpice

    working on both Mac and Linux.

     

    hth,

    Jorge Garcia

     

     

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    Thanks for the update Jorge, sounds like there is a bit more work involved

    than I thought, hopefully you'll find some time to get onto the changes

    soon!

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Rachael

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  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    Jorge, almost another year went by - any hope for Eagle + Spice on the mac?

  • 0 in reply to joosty

    joost boerhout wrote on Tue, 20 September 2016 14:45

    Jorge, almost another year went by - any hope for Eagle + Spice on the

    mac?

     

     

    .. and Linux.

     

     

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    On 9/20/2016 11:08 AM, Joop wrote:

    joost boerhout wrote on Tue, 20 September 2016 14:45

    Jorge, almost another year went by - any hope for Eagle + Spice on the

    mac?

     

    .. and Linux.

     

     

     

    Hi Guys,

     

    There's nothing like a public declaration to get things done. I'm taking

    this one myself.

     

    My goal is to have this ULP updated and working by the end of the year.

    To further strengthen this, I commit to posting at least once a week to

    this thread on the progress. I hope to not only keep you all informed,

    but if I get stuck hopefully someone will have a good idea to get me

    through.

     

    Hopefully, this should be enough incentive to get this done.

     

    Best Regards,

    Jorge Garcia

     

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    Jorge, wow, thank you and great!  But... does this mean that Eagle/AutoDesk does not have this in the official update plan?  So are you hero-ing this for the company?

     

    I have no clue where/how to help but will if I can.

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    On 9/26/2016 8:56 AM, joost tsooj wrote:

    Jorge, wow, thank you and great!  But... does this mean that Eagle/AutoDesk does not have this in the official update plan?  So are you hero-ing this for the company?

     

    I have no clue where/how to help but will if I can.

     

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    Hi Joost,

     

    There's a lot of bigger and better stuff on the official plan and I

    don't think there's room to add to it. I like LTSpice a lot (PCBSim is

    super awesome too), so I have an interest in getting this done and I

    think it's something that I can do and not bother the devs with.

     

    I'm not hero-ing anything, just doing the best I can to have things

    working like they should. We already have several ULPs that need

    updating if this results in one less ULP to update then that would be good.

     

    If I'm in over my head I will post here asking for help as I run into

    the hurdles. I really appreciate the willingness to support.

     

    As always let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

     

    Best Regards,

    Jorge Garcia

     

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    In that case, Jorge - YOU DA MAN, eagerly awaiting what you'll come up with...